DATE: January 21, 2014COUNTRY: United StatesPORT: Baltimore, MarylandUncertainty over dispute with dockworkers

Some shippers have begun diverting cargo from the port of Baltimore due to
uncertainty about the ongoing labor contract standoff with the largest
dockworkers’ union, despite assurances there won’t be another strike or a
lockout.

Members of Local 333 of the International Longshoremen’s Association met
Thursday night to discuss the latest local contract proposed by the
Steamship Trade Association, which represents port employers, but did not
vote on the proposed contract, officials said.

The union went on strike in October, paralyzing port operations for three
days, until a federal arbitrator ordered a 90-day cooling-off period.

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